CLEVELAND MOFFETT
(Birth: April 27, 1863 Death: October 14, 1926) was an American journalist, author, and playwright.
Cleveland was born in Boonville, New York. After an education at St. Paul’s School in Garden City, New York, he matriculated at Yale College in Connecticut, graduating in 1883. In 1887, he joined the staff of the New York Herald, where he worked until 1892. On February 11, 1899, he was married to Mary E. Lusk. From 1908–1909, he worked as Sunday editor for the Herald.
During his journalism career he contributed articles and stories to magazines and weeklies. His mystery short The mysterious card was published in the Boston-based The Black Cat in 1895, it was followed up a year later by The mysterious card revealed. In addition to serialized short stories, he also wrote several plays, including Money talks (1905) and The battle (1908).